Re: No frame number on 1979 Honda cb750

Posted by TOOLS1 on Jul 19, 2012; 9:09pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/No-frame-number-on-1979-Honda-cb750-tp4025504p4025508.html

sgtslag wrote

In Minnesota, they inspect both the neck plate, and the VIN plate on the engine block, to verify that they match...  When I asked, they said they wanted to make sure the engine hadn't been swapped.  Who knows why.


Anyway, look for a rectangular plate, on the top of the transmission, below the carbs.  I don't remember which side it is on, but it's there -- unless they ground that off, too.  It looks as if your bike might have been stolen, then the thief tried to hide it by removing the VIN on the neck plate.  Good luck with that.

If you can get it licensed, the '79 DOHC is a fantastic bike -- have had mine for six years, rode it two-up, around Lake Superior (9 days, 4 in the rain, 1,935 miles), during its 30th year since manufacturing, not a single problem, ran flawlessly.  Cheers!

This is very interesting, since the engine numbers never matched the frame numbers from the factory. Guess it must be pretty hard to register a bike in MN.
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